Police report the lockdown at Westfield Warrawong is over, after a siege involving two gunmen at the Hoyts cinema.

12.10pm

﻿Chris Paver reports that Westfield tenants are being allowed back in to the shopping centre.

A 27-year-old woman arrested earlier today has been charged with aggravated break and enter. She has been refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court tomorrow.

11.50am

Police believe the gunmen are no longer at the scene.

Cydonee Mardon reports police have been sweeping the building but have failed to find the gunmen.

There was a short period of time between when the security guards first spotted the men and police arriving and it is believed this is when they got away.

A manhunt will now get underway to track down the gunmen.

Police are about to hold a press conference at the scene.

11.20am

Chris Paver reports that a crowd has gathered at Warrawong McDonald’s opposite the Hoyts cinema, at the corner of King St and Northcliffe Dr.

Some business owners and employees said they understood Westfield Warrawong wouldn’t be open for the rest of the day.

Alarms at Westfield are still being set off periodically.

A crowd of residents and onlookers has also gathered at Cowper St but most of the police presence is on the southern side. Cowper St is open to traffic heading to Port Kembla.

11am

Subway owner David Vasquez told Mercury reporter Chris Paver he was inside the centre shortly after 6am when police entered the food court and told everyone to evacuate.

"Police ladies came in screaming out 'Is anyone in here'. I said 'Yep'. They said: 'You have got to evacuate the building straight away'. I asked why and they said to me 'there is a gunman in the centre and we need to be evacuated'."